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MALIK IBN ANAS (c. 718-795) , the founder of the Malikite school of canon law, was born at Medina about A.D. 718: the precise date is not certain. He studied and passed his life there, and came to be regarded as the greatest local authority in theology and law. (For his legal system
MAHOMMEDAN
biography . When Mahommed ibn 'Abdallah, the 'Alid, rose in A.D. 762 at Medina against the 'Abbasids, Malik gave a fatwa, or legal opinion , that the oath of allegiance to the'Abbasids was invalid, as extorted by force. For this independence he was severely scourged by the `Abbasid governor , who, apparently, did not dare to go beyond scourging with a man of his standing
pilgrimage , came with two of his sons to Medina, and sat at the feet of Malik as he lectured in the mosque. The story, legendary or historical, adds that Malik had refused to go to the caliph, saying that it was for the student to come to 'his teacher. Late
For a description of his principal
Goldziher
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